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Certainly the first person heard? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aye

'certainly' is the definition.
(both can be used to answer in the affirmative)

'first person heard?' is the wordplay.
'first person' becomes 'I' (first-person pronoun).
'heard?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'i' is a homophone of 'AYE'.

'the' is the link.

(Other definitions for aye that I've seen before include "An affirmative vote" , "Indeed" , "Affirmative answer" , "Positive voting response" , "Always" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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